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Top 10 architecture stories of 2008

2009-01-02T13:38:00+00:00

Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre
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As 2009 sets in, we glance back at a brilliant year for architects the world over

Liverpool FC reveals HKS stadium designs - images

Images: Foster's Beijing airport opens

World's first revolving tower set for Dubai - images

Hadid's Olympic aquatic centre sprouts water wings - images

Foreign Office Architects' John Lewis in Leicester: Great Drapes

Herzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline

Foster designs London Routemaster bus for Boris

Half man half building: the Corpus science museum

Mecanoo scoops 193m Birmingham library

'Can of ham' to rival Foster's Gherkin

  • Liverpool FC reveals HKS stadium designs - images

  • World's first revolving tower set for Dubai - images

  • Images: Foster's Beijing airport opens

  • Hadid's Olympic aquatic centre sprouts water wings - images

  • Foreign Office Architects' John Lewis in Leicester: Great Drapes

  • Herzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline

  • Foster designs London Routemaster bus for Boris

  • Half man, half building: the Corpus science museum

  • Mecanoo scoops 193m Birmingham library

  • 'Can of ham' to rival Foster's Gherkin

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